Healthcare IT Today November 28, 2022
It was a pleasant surprise to see Direct Primary Care (DPC) well represented at the recent #HLTH2022 conference. There is real momentum building for this alternate form of care. Two leading DPC technology innovators, were prominent in the exhibit hall and on the main stage: Hint Health and Elation Health.
DPC is an alternative care model where patients or employers pay a monthly fee directly to a physician practice for a defined set of primary care services. By eliminating payers from the equation and by going with a fixed fee, the overhead and administration required by both patients and practices is greatly reduced.
The number of DPC practices remains relatively small compared to the overall number of practices in the...